Episode 2: Madrigal

Breaking Bad revolves around 50-year old high school chemistry teacher Walter White in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After Walter is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, he turns to a criminal... More

Breaking Bad revolves around 50-year old high school chemistry teacher Walter White in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After Walter is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, he turns to a criminal life, and starts producing and selling methamphetamine with his former student Jesse Pinkman in order to secure his family's financial future.

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We open to a killer scene of some clearly distracted man eating chicken nuggets and trying different sauces in front of several—I don’t know—taste scientists; all of it in German. The scientists seem More »

HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "Madrigal," the July 22 episode of AMC's "Breaking Bad," in which Hank's investigation has ripple effects on Mike and the rest of Gus's organization. http://m.hitfix.co More »

As the DEA closes in on Gus's associates, Mike is forced to make some hard choices, including joining Walt and Jesse as they prepare to start their meth business again. http://www.buddytv.com/slidesho More »

While last week's premiere focused on Walt's attempt to cut any ties with Gus's criminality, this week we get a look into Mike's world and how difficult it is to disentangle yourself from business wit More »

Breaking Bad Season 5 continues its slow burn with Season 5, Episode 2: "Madrigal." Heck, only three people die this week. Pshaw. Despite the bloodshed, this episode really is relatively quiet, focu More »

If last week's season premiere of Breaking Bad showed us Walter White at his most egotistical ( We're done when I say we're done... ), then " Madrigal " depicted the new king at his calmest and his mo More »